A visit to the Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery (FG ID #101407).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
41.2055, -98.5705
The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery is located in Howard County<2>.
The county seat for Howard County is located in Saint Paul. Saint Paul lies just to the east of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
Establishment of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery ...
The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery was established in 1876.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Warsaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Warsaw Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw Cemetery
- Canada Hill Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Czechoslovakia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Scotch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bohemian National Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Danish Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elba Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nysted Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kelso Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairdale / Scott Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Loup Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swedish Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Logan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Cotesfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Farwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nysted
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dannebrog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dannevirke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howard City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howard City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Boelus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotesfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cushing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Libory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rockville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Palmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wolbach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Worms
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Howard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashton
- Ashton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ashton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Cairo
- Cushing
- Dannebrog
- Grand Island
- Loup City
- Palmer
- Ravenna
- Saint Paul
- Scotia
- Scotia lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Scotia.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Wolbach
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Howard County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101407
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #833114 (Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #833114 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Howard
- Est. Elev: 603 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nysted
- Location given for Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2055678 Lon: -98.570628
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Elba and Cushing. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |